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I only shoot black powder loads 2 2.82%
I use smokeless powder low pressure 69 97.18%
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Unread 08-22-2013, 04:32 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by Dave Noreen View Post
Wish I knew for sure what kind of shells my Father was using in my Grandfather's 1890 vintage heavy PH-Grade 12-gauge, at King Lake, Minnesota, in October 1932 --



My gut feeling, from knowing what he used in my lifetime, is that they would have been Super-X, Nitro Express, etc.


Horrors! And the gun didn't blow up on him??? I hope none were smokeless powder that causes these weak Damascus barrels to unravel like a cheap sweater!
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